The Arizona Court of Appeals issued a warning last week to an East Coast family that owned two Tucson townhomes. Rehiring a property manager after he used one townhome as a marijuana stash house means the owner risks losing the other townhome if it, too, becomes a stash house. In a decision issued Jan. 18, a panel unanimously upheld Pima County Superior Court Judge John F. Kelly's ruling that the family should have known criminal activity might occur and the townhomes can be seized. [continues 207 words]
Study: Community Ties Can Reduce Recidivism If one of the goals of the criminal justice system is to keep ex-convicts from returning to prison, alienating them from society is a bad way to go about it. One of the keys to reducing recidivism is strengthening their ties to the community, studies show. Yet one of the most intimate connections people can have with their community - the right to vote - is denied an estimated 18,000 ex-convicts released from prison and probation each year in Arizona. [continues 2193 words]
